This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems in which each line or stanza begins with a successive letter of the alphabet.

155

Acrostics (Poetry) [gp2014026214]

(C)

455

UF Acrostic poetry

555

BT Visual poetry

680

This term is used as a genre/form heading for poetry in which particular letters can be read vertically to reveal a hidden message.

155

Acting editions [gp2014026215]

(C)

455

UF Acting versions

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays with full stage directions that are intended for personnel directly involved in a theatrical production.

155

Action and adventure comics [gp2014026216]

(C)

455

UF Action-adventure comics

455

UF Action comics

455

UF Adventure comics

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

155

Action and adventure fiction [gp2014026217]

(C)

455

UF Action fiction

455

UF Adventure fiction

455

UF Swashbuckler fiction

455

UF Swashbucklers (Fiction)

555

BT Fiction

155

Allegories [gp2014026218]

(C)

455

UF Allegorical literature

555

BT Literature

555

RT Parables

155

Alphabet rhymes [gp2014026219]

(C)

455

UF Rhyming alphabets

555

BT Nursery rhymes

155

Alternative histories (Fiction) [gp2014026220]

(C)

455

UF Allohistories (Fiction)

455

UF Alternate histories (Fiction)

455

UF Alternative realities (Fiction)

455

UF Histories, Alternative (Fiction)

455

UF Uchronias

455

UF Uchronies

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction in which the plot or setting assumes an alternative outcome of an historical event. Nonfiction that presents alternative outcomes of historical events and subsequent changes in history are entered under Counterfactual histories.

681

Note under Counterfactual histories

155

Anacreontic poetry [gp2014026221]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for light and cheerful poems written in the style of the Greek poet Anacreon and characterized by an erotic, amorous, or Bacchanalian spirit.

155

Antimasques [gp2014026222]

(C)

455

UF Ante-masques

455

UF Antemasques

455

UF Anti-masques

555

BT Farces

555

RT Masques

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for farcical scenes presented as burlesque preludes or interludes to masques.

155

Antinovels [gp2014026223]

(C)

455

UF Anti-novels

455

UF Nouveaux romans

555

BT Experimental fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that avoids elements such as plot, dialogue, and character, and focuses instead on sheer perception.

155

Apocalyptic comics [gp2014026224]

(C)

455

UF Doomsday comics

455

UF End-of-the-world comics

455

UF Post-apocalyptic comics

455

UF Post-apocalyptic science fiction comics

455

UF Postapocalyptic comics

455

UF Postapocalyptic science fiction comics

555

BT Science fiction comics

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comics set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event. Comics set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc., are entered under Dystopian comics.

681

Note under Dystopian comics

155

Apocalyptic drama [gp2014026225]

(C)

455

UF Doomsday drama

455

UF End-of-the-world drama

455

UF Post-apocalyptic drama

455

UF Post-apocalyptic science fiction drama

455

UF Postapocalyptic drama

455

UF Postapocalyptic science fiction drama

555

BT Science fiction plays

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event. Plays set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc., are entered under Dystopian plays.

681

Note under Dystopian plays

155

Apocalyptic fiction [gp2014026226]

(C)

455

UF Doomsday fiction

455

UF End-of-the-world fiction

455

UF Post-apocalyptic fiction

455

UF Post-disaster fiction

455

UF Post-holocaust fiction

455

UF Postapocalyptic fiction

555

BT Science fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event. Fiction set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc., is entered under Dystopian fiction.

681

Note under Dystopian fiction

155

Arthurian romances [gp2014026227]

(C)

455

UF Matter of Britain (Arthurian romances)

555

BT Romances

155

Autobiographical comics [gp2014026229]

(C)

455

UF Autobiographic comics

555

BT Autobiographies

555

BT Biographical comics

155

Autobiographical drama [gp2014026230]

(C)

555

BT Autobiographies

555

BT Biographical drama

155

Autobiographical fiction [gp2014026231]

(C)

455

UF Autobiographic fiction

455

UF Autofiction

455

UF Semi-autobiographical fiction

455

UF Semiautobiographical fiction

555

BT Biographical fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that is based on events in the author's life but employs fictional characters intermixed with fictional events. Works that present themselves as autobiographies but whose narrators and events are fictional are entered under Fictional autobiographies.

681

Note under Fictional autobiographies

155

Autobiographical poetry [gp2014026232]

(C)

455

UF Autobiographic poetry

555

BT Autobiographies

555

BT Biographical poetry

155

Autos sacramentales [gp2014026233]

(C)

555

BT Allegories

555

BT Religious drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for 16th-18th century Spanish allegorical religious plays performed on the feast of Corpus Christi.

155

Azharot [gp2014026234]

(C)

555

BT Liturgical poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for Hebrew liturgical poems on the 613 commandments.

155

Ballades (Poetry) [gp2014026235]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for Old French poems consisting of three stanzas, followed by a four-line envoy.

155

Bathetic poetry [gp2014026236]

(C)

455

UF Bad poetry (Bathetic poetry)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for overtly sentimental or ludicrous poems that exhibit insincere pathos, triteness, or banality.

155

Bawdy plays [gp2014026237]

(C)

455

UF Bawdy drama

455

UF Sex comedies (Drama)

455

UF Sex comedy plays

555

BT Comedy plays

555

RT Erotic drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comedic plays that are sexually indecent, coarse, or lewd.

155

Bawdy poetry [gp2014026238]

(C)

455

UF Ribald poetry

555

BT Poetry

555

RT Erotic poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that are sexually indecent, coarse, or lewd.

155

Bestiaries [gp2014026239]

(C)

555

BT Allegories

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for collections of medieval allegories featuring animals that were intended to teach Christian morals.

155

Bible fiction [gp2014026240]

(C)

455

UF Biblical fiction

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for imaginative fiction in which characters and settings are taken from the Bible. Paraphrases of Biblical texts in story form are entered under Bible stories.

681

Note under Bible stories

155

Bible plays [gp2014026241]

(C)

455

UF Bible drama

455

UF Biblical drama

555

BT Religious drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays depicting characters, events, etc., from the Bible.

155

Bible stories [gp2014026242]

(C)

455

UF Biblical stories

455

UF New Testament stories

455

UF Old Testament stories

455

UF Stories, Bible

455

UF Stories, Biblical

455

UF Stories, New Testament

455

UF Stories, Old Testament

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for paraphrases of Biblical texts in story form. Imaginative fiction in which characters and settings are taken from the Bible is entered under Bible fiction.

681

Note under Bible fiction

155

Bildungsromans [gp2014026243]

(C)

455

UF Apprenticeship novels

455

UF Bildungsromane

455

UF Coming-of-age fiction

455

UF Entwicklungsromane

455

UF Entwicklungsromans

455

UF Erziehungsromane

455

UF Erziehungsromans

455

UF Initiation stories

455

UF Künstlerromane

455

UF Künstlerromans

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction depicting the development of a character from youth to adulthood.

155

Biographical comics [gp2014026244]

(C)

455

UF Biographic comics

555

BT Biographies

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

155

Biographical drama [gp2014026245]

(C)

455

UF Biographic drama

555

BT Biographies

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays that depict the lives of real people interspersed with fictional characters and events. Plays in which real persons, places, or events are depicted under invented names are entered under Drames à clef.

681

Note under Drames à clef

155

Biographical fiction [gp2014026246]

(C)

455

UF Biographic fiction

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that depicts the lives of real people interspersed with fictional characters and events. Fiction in which real persons, places, or events are depicted under invented names is entered under Romans à clef.

681

Note under Romans à clef

155

Biographical poetry [gp2014026247]

(C)

455

UF Biographic poetry

555

BT Biographies

555

BT Poetry

155

Black humor [gp2014026248]

(C)

455

UF Black comedies

455

UF Dark comedies

455

UF Dark humor

455

UF Gallows humor

455

UF Comedies, Black

455

UF Comedies, Dark

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for literary works that derive humor from suffering or the absurdity of existence in a bitter, ironic, morbid, or grimly satiric way.

155

Blank verse [gp2014026249]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems having regular meter but no rhyme.

155

Blues poetry [gp2014026250]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poetry stemming from the musical tradition of the blues that generally portray struggle, despair, helplessness and loss.

155

Book of Mormon plays [gp2014026251]

(C)

455

UF Book of Mormon drama

555

BT Religious drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays depicting characters, events, etc., from the Book of Mormon.

155

Book of Mormon stories [gp2014026252]

(C)

455

UF Mormon stories, Book of

455

UF Stories, Book of Mormon

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for paraphrases of Book of Mormon texts in story form.

155

Bop (Poetry) [gp2014026253]

(C)

455

UF The bop (Poetry)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems in three stanzas that present, describe, and solve a problem.

155

Burlesques (Literature) [gp2014026254]

(C)

555

BT Parodies (Literature)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for parodies that ridicule serious literary or musical works by either treating their solemn subjects in an undignified style or applying their elevated style to a trivial subject.

155

Calaveras [gp2014026255]

(C)

455

UF Calavera poetry

455

UF Day of the Dead broadside poems

555

BT Humorous poetry

555

BT Occasional verse

155

Cell phone novels [gp2014026256]

(C)

455

UF Cellphone novels

455

UF Cellular telephone novels

455

UF Mobile phone novels

455

UF SMS novels

455

UF Text messaging novels

555

BT Novels

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for novels meant to be read via text message on mobile phones.

155

Centos [gp2014026257]

(C)

455

UF Cento poetry

455

UF Collage poetry

455

UF Mosaic poetry

455

UF Patchwork poetry

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems consisting of passages from poems by one or more other authors. Poems consisting of words or text taken from various sources and reframed as poetry are entered under Found poetry.

681

Note under Found poetry

155

Chansons de geste [gp2014026258]

(C)

555

BT Epic poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for Old French poems that describe the exploits of historical or legendary heroes, most often Charlemagne and his knights.

155

Choose-your-own stories [gp2014026259]

(C)

455

UF Branching-path books

455

UF Choose-your-own adventure books

455

UF Choose-your-own fiction

455

UF Gamebooks (Choose-your-own stories)

455

UF Interactive fiction (Choose-your-own stories)

455

UF Making-choices stories

455

UF Multiple plot stories

455

UF Plot-your-own stories

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction in which the reader chooses from a number of possible options for developing the story.

155

Cinquains [gp2014026260]

(C)

455

UF Quintains (Poetry)

455

UF Quintets (Poetry)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems composed in five lines that often have a fixed number of syllables per line.

155

Clerihews [gp2014026261]

(C)

555

BT Humorous poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for humorous poems that usually consist of two unmatched rhyming couplets about a person, whose name generally serves as one of the rhymes.

155

Comedies of humours [gp2014026262]

(C)

455

UF Comedies of humors

455

UF Humors, Comedies of

455

UF Humours, Comedies of

555

BT Comedy plays

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for 16th and 17th century English comedies featuring characters whose conduct is controlled by one overriding trait.

155

Comedies of manners [gp2014026263]

(C)

455

UF Manners, Comedies of

455

UF Restoration comedies

555

BT Comedy plays

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comedies set among the sophisticated upper classes, in which the characters' machinations are veiled by their elegant manners and repartee.

155

Comedy plays [gp2014026264]

(C)

455

UF Comedic drama

455

UF Comedic plays

455

UF Comedies (Drama)

455

UF Comedy drama

455

UF Comic drama

455

UF Comic plays

455

UF Comedy drama

455

UF Humorous drama

455

UF Humorous plays

555

BT Drama

155

Comics (Graphic works) [gp2014026266]

(C)

455

UF Art, Sequential

455

UF Comic books, strips, etc.

455

UF Comic magazines

455

UF Comic papers

455

UF Comic strips

455

UF Comicbooks

455

UF Comix

455

UF Funnies (Comics)

455

UF Magazines, Comic

455

UF Papers, Comic

455

UF Sequential art

455

UF Serial picture books

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for narrative works that employ sequential art, and often prose, to tell the story.

155

Commedia dell'arte [gp2014026267]

(C)

455

UF Arte, Commedia dell'

455

UF Commedia a soggetto

455

UF Commedia all'improviso

455

UF Commedia all'italiana

455

UF Commedia dei maschere

455

UF Commedia dei zanni

455

UF Italiana, Commedia all'

455

UF Maschere, Commedia dei

455

UF Soggetto, Commedia a

455

UF Zanni, Commedia dei

555

BT Comedy plays

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for scenarios, scripts, and lazzi of comedies popular in the 16th-18th centuries that were improvised by professional actors within a conventional framework of masked stock characters and rehearsed comic routines.

155

Commendatory poetry [gp2014026268]

(C)

555

BT Occasional verse

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that generally appear in the preliminaries of books and praise the author and/or the work.

155

Computer poetry [gp2014026269]

(C)

455

UF Computational poetry

455

UF Interactive poetry

455

UF Virtual poetry

555

BT Experimental poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems generated or manipulated by computer algorithm and arranged as a sequence of words, signs, or symbols.

155

Confessional fiction [gp2014026271]

(C)

455

UF Confession fiction

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction in which the main character makes a first-person confession to crimes, transgressions, or sins.

155

Confessional poetry [gp2014026272]

(C)

555

BT Autobiographical poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that frankly reveal private and intimate aspects of the poet's life.

155

Counterfactual histories [gp2014026072]

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for nonfiction that presents alternative outcomes of historical events and subsequent changes in history. DELETE FIELD

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for nonfiction that presents alternative outcomes of historical events and subsequent changes in history. Fiction in which the plot or setting assumes an alternative outcome of an historical event is entered under Alternative histories (Fiction). ADD FIELD

681

Note under Alternative histories (Fiction) ADD FIELD

155

Counting-out rhymes [gp2014026273]

(C)

455

UF Counting-out poetry

455

UF Counting rhymes

455

UF Number rhymes

555

BT Nursery rhymes

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for rhymes that are traditionally used to eliminate a player in a child's game.

155

Cumulative rhymes [gp2014026212]

(C)

455

UF Accumulative rhymes

555

BT Nursery rhymes

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for nursery rhymes in which phrases are repeated and built up as the verse progresses.

155

Cumulative tales [gp2014026213]

(C)

455

UF Accumulative tales

455

UF Chain tales

455

UF Clock stories

455

UF Stories, Clock

555

BT Folk tales

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for tales in which the action or dialogue is repeated and built up as the tale progresses.

155

Cut-ups (Literature) [gp2014026274]

(C)

455

UF Cutups (Literature)

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for literary texts composed by the cutting up and rearranging of an existing text.

155

Cyberpunk fiction [gp2014026275]

(C)

455

UF Cyberprep fiction

455

UF Cyberpunk science fiction

455

UF Post-cyberpunk fiction

455

UF Postcyberpunk fiction

555

BT Science fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for science fiction that depicts the relationship between human beings and the rapid advancement and omnipresence of technology, which leads to a radical change in the social order.

155

Debate poetry [gp2014026276]

(C)

455

UF Debates, Verse

455

UF Débats

455

UF Jeux-partis

455

UF Poetic contests

455

UF Streitgedichte

455

UF Verse debates

555

BT Allegories

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that feature a debate that is referred to a judge.

155

Descorts [gp2014026278]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems consisting of multiple stanzas that differ from one another in verse form or language.

155

Detective and mystery comics [gp2014026279]

(C)

455

UF Crime comics

455

UF Detective comics

455

UF Mystery and detective comics

455

UF Police comics

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

155

Detective and mystery fiction [gp2014026280]

(C)

455

UF Crime fiction

455

UF Detective fiction

455

UF Murder mysteries

455

UF Mystery and detective fiction

455

UF Private eye fiction

455

UF Whodunits

555

BT Fiction

155

Detective and mystery plays [gp2014026281]

(C)

455

UF Detective and mystery drama

455

UF Detective plays

455

UF Mystery and detective plays

555

BT Drama

155

Dialect drama [gp2014026282]

(C)

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays that incorporate the speech patterns of a particular region or social group.

155

Dialect fiction [gp2014026283]

(C)

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for works of fiction that incorporate the speech patterns of a particular region or social group.

155

Dialect poetry [gp2014026284]

(C)

455

UF Dialect poems

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that incorporate the speech patterns of a particular region or social group.

155

Dialogues (Literature) [gp2014026285]

(C)

455

UF Dialogs (Literature)

455

UF Duologues

555

BT Literature

155

Diary fiction [gp2014026286]

(C)

455

UF Diaries, Fictional

455

UF Fictional diaries

455

UF Fictional journals

455

UF Journal novels

455

UF Journals, Fictional

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction written in diary form. Fiction written wholly or partially in the form of letters, telegrams, electronic mail messages, instant messages, etc., is entered under Epistolary fiction.

681

Note under Epistolary fiction

155

Didactic drama [gp2014026287]

(C)

555

BT Drama

555

BT Instructional and educational works

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays that are intended to be instructional.

155

Didactic fiction [gp2014026288]

(C)

555

BT Fiction

555

BT Instructional and educational works

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that is intended to be instructional.

155

Didactic poetry [gp2014026289]

(C)

555

BT Instructional and educational works

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that are intended to be instructional.

155

Doctrine and Covenants stories [gp2014026291]

(C)

455

UF Stories, Doctrine and Covenants

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for paraphrases of Doctrine and Covenants texts in story form.

155

Documentary comics [gp2014026292]

(C)

555

BT Nonfiction comics

155

Doggerel [gp2014026293]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for irregularly fashioned poems that are often of a humorous or burlesque nature.

155

Domestic drama [gp2014026294]

(C)

455

UF Bourgeois drama

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays depicting the problems of the middle and lower classes, particularly within the family and home.

155

Domestic fiction [gp2014026295]

(C)

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for works of fiction that features home and family life.

155

Double dactyls [gp2014026296]

(C)

455

UF Dactyls, Double

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for light verse that consists of two quatrains with two dactyls each.

155

Drama [gp2014026297]

(C)

455

UF Dramas

455

UF Plays

455

UF Playscripts

455

UF Scripts, Stage

455

UF Stage plays

455

UF Stage scripts

455

UF Theatrical works

555

BT Literature

155

Dramatic monologues (Poetry) [gp2014026298]

(C)

455

UF Dramatic lyrics

455

UF Monologues, Dramatic (Poetry)

555

BT Lyric poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems in which a character other than the poet addresses a silent audience, thus unwittingly revealing the character's own nature.

155

Drames à clef [gp2014026299]

(C)

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays in which real persons, places, or events are depicted under invented names. Plays that depict the lives of real people interspersed with fictional characters and events are entered under Biographical drama.

681

Note under Biographical drama

155

Drolls [gp2014026300]

(C)

455

UF Droll humors

455

UF Droll-humours

455

UF Drolleries

555

BT Comedy sketches

555

BT Farces

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short farces and comic scenes adapted from other plays as a substitute for full-length or serious plays that were not permitted by the government during England's Commonwealth period.

155

Dystopian comics [gp2014026301]

(C)

455

UF Anti-utopian comics

455

UF Antiutopian comics

455

UF Cacotopian comics

455

UF Counter-utopian comics

455

UF Counterutopian comics

455

UF Dystopia comics

455

UF Dystopian science fiction comics

455

UF Dystopic comics

455

UF Dystopic science fiction comics

455

UF Negative utopian comics

555

BT Science fiction comics

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comics set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc. Comics set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event are entered under Apocalyptic comics.

681

Noted under Apocalyptic comics

155

Dystopian fiction [gp2014026302]

(C)

455

UF Anti-utopian fiction

455

UF Antiutopian fiction

455

UF Cacotopian fiction

455

UF Counter-utopian fiction

455

UF Counterutopian fiction

455

UF Dystopian science fiction

455

UF Dystopic fiction

455

UF Negative utopian fiction

555

BT Science fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc. Fiction set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, alien invasion, pandemic, environmental collapse), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event, is entered under Apocalyptic fiction.

681

Note under Apocalyptic fiction

155

Dystopian plays [gp2014026303]

(C)

455

UF Anti-utopian drama

455

UF Antiutopian drama

455

UF Cacotopian drama

455

UF Counter-utopian drama

455

UF Counterutopian drama

455

UF Dystopian drama

455

UF Dystopian science fiction drama

455

UF Dystopic drama

455

UF Negative utopian drama

555

BT Science fiction plays

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc. Plays set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event, are entered under Apocalyptic drama.

681

Note under Apocalyptic drama

155

Echo verse [gp2014026304]

(C)

455

UF Echo poetry

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems in which the last syllable of one line is repeated in the next line with a different meaning.

155

Educational comics [gp2014026305]

(C)

455

UF Informational comics

555

BT Instructional and educational works

555

BT Nonfiction comics

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comics that are intended to impart knowledge and information, including those for classroom use. Comics that use a structured format to teach or train the reader are entered under Instructional comics.

681

Note under Instructional comics

155

Ekphrastic poetry [gp2014026306]

(C)

455

UF Ecphrases (Poetry)

455

UF Ekphrases (Poetry)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poetry that describes or meditates on works of visual art.

155

Elegies [gp2014026307]

(C)

455

UF Elegiac poetry

555

BT Lyric poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for serious, formal lyric poems that reflect on a solemn subject, generally someone's death. Non-narrative poems that express a deep regret or sorrow for the loss of a person or position are entered under Laments.

681

Note under Laments

155

Englyns [gp2014026308]

(C)

455

UF Englynion

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short Welsh poems generally written in quatrains or tercets with complex rules governing alliteration and rhyme.

155

Epic fiction [gp2014026309]

(C)

455

UF Epics (Fiction)

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction depicting action on a broad scale and often characterized by grandiose treatment of individual and/or national destiny.

155

Epic poetry [gp2014026310]

(C)

455

UF Epics (Poetry)

455

UF Heroic poetry

455

UF Bîlinî

455

UF Byliny

455

UF Stariny

555

BT Narrative poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for lengthy poems narrating heroic deeds and events.

155

Epigrams [gp2014026312]

(C)

555

BT Sayings

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short, witty statements.

155

Episodic plays [gp2014026313]

(C)

455

UF Episodic drama

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays that consist of episodes that are each more or less self-contained but together follow a common theme.

155

Epistolary fiction [gp2014026314]

(C)

455

UF Novels in letters

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction written wholly or partially in the form of letters, telegrams, electronic mail messages, instant messages, etc. Fiction written in diary form is entered under Diary fiction.

681

Note under Diary fiction

155

Epistolary poetry [gp2014026315]

(C)

455

UF Horatian epistles

455

UF Verse epistles

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems in the form of a letter.

155

Epitaphs [gp2014026316]

(C)

555

BT Commemorative works

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for inscriptions commemorating the dead that are etched on tombstones and graves.

155

Epithalamia [gp2014026317]

(C)

455

UF Epithalamic poetry

455

UF Epithalamies

455

UF Epithalamions

455

UF Epithalamiums

455

UF Nuptial poetry

455

UF Wedding poetry

555

BT Occasional verse

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems written on the occasion of a wedding.

155

Erotic comics [gp2014026318]

(C)

455

UF Adult comics (Erotic comics)

455

UF Ecchi comics

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

555

RT Pornographic comics

155

Erotic drama [gp2014026319]

(C)

555

BT Drama

555

RT Bawdy plays

155

Erotic fiction [gp2014026320]

(C)

455

UF Adult fiction

555

BT Fiction

155

Erotic poetry [gp2014026321]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

555

RT Bawdy poetry

155

Evangelism plays [gp2014026322]

(C)

455

UF Evangelical drama

455

UF Evangelism drama

555

BT Religious drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays that preach or espouse religious beliefs with the objective of conversion, generally to Christianity.

155

Exempla [gp2014026323]

(C)

455

UF Exemplums

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short narratives intended to illustrate a moral point and that are generally found within a sermon or other didactic work.

155

Experimental drama [gp2014026324]

(C)

455

UF Avant-garde drama

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays that emphasize innovative or unconventional technique.

155

Experimental fiction [gp2014026325]

(C)

455

UF Avant-garde fiction

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that emphasizes innovative or unconventional technique.

155

Experimental poetry [gp2014026326]

(C)

455

UF Avant-garde poetry

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that emphasize innovative or unconventional technique.

155

Fables [gp2014026327]

(C)

455

UF Cautionary tales

455

UF Moral and philosophical stories

455

UF Morality tales

455

UF Philosophical and moral tales

555

BT Exempla

555

BT Folk tales

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for stories intended to teach moral lessons, and whose main characters are generally animals or inanimate objects that speak and act like human beings.

155

Fabliaux [gp2014026328]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for bawdily humorous medieval tales that were generally written in eight-syllable verse.

155

Fairy tales [gp2014026329]

(C)

455

UF Fairy stories

455

UF Fairytales

455

UF Magic tales

455

UF Märchen

455

UF Stories, Fairy

455

UF Wonder tales

555

BT Folk tales

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short simple folk narratives that are usually intended for children and feature fantastic forces and magical beings.

155

Fan fiction [gp2014026330]

(C)

455

UF Fanfic

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that incorporates characters and/or settings of books, television programs, etc., of which the authors are fans.

155

Fantasy comics [gp2014026331]

(C)

455

UF Fantastic comics

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comics in which magic and extraordinary characters are integral to the story.

155

Fantasy drama [gp2014026332]

(C)

455

UF Fantastic drama

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays in which magic and extraordinary characters are integral to the story.

155

Fantasy fiction [gp2014026333]

(C)

455

UF Fantastic fiction

455

UF Heroic fantasy fiction

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction in which magic and extraordinary characters are integral to the story.

155

Fantasy poetry [gp2014026334]

(C)

455

UF Fantastic poetry

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems in which magic and extraordinary characters are integral to the story.

155

Farces [gp2014026335]

(C)

455

UF Farcical drama

555

BT Comedy plays

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comedy plays characterized by improbable situations, physical antics, fast-moving action, and stock characters.

155

Fastnachtsspiele [gp2014026336]

(C)

455

UF Carnival plays

455

UF Fastnachtspiele

455

UF Shrove Tuesday plays

455

UF Shrovetide plays

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for amateur one-act plays that were usually performed at Shrove Tuesday festivals in 15th-16th century Germany.

155

Fatras [gp2014026337]

(C)

455

UF Fatrasies

455

UF Fratrasies

455

UF Resveries

555

BT Nonsense verse

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for medieval French nonsense verse composed in one or more stanzas of eleven lines.

155

Fiction [gp2014026339]

(C)

455

UF Stories

455

UF Tales

555

BT Literature

155

Fictional autobiographies [gp2014026340]

(C)

455

UF Autobiographies, Fictional

455

UF Autofiction

455

UF Memoir-novels

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for works that present themselves as autobiographies but whose narrators and events are fictional. Fiction that is based on events in the author's life, but employs fictional characters intermixed with fictional events, is entered under Autobiographical fiction.

681

Note under Autobiographical fiction

155

Folk drama [gp2014026341]

(C)

455

UF Folk plays

455

UF Folkdrama

455

UF Folkplays

555

BT Drama

555

BT Folk literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for amateur dramas based on folk traditions and local history.

155

Folk literature [gp2014026342]

(C)

455

UF Oral literature

455

UF Traditional literature

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for works based on oral traditions.

155

Folk poetry [gp2014026343]

(C)

455

UF Oral traditional poetry

455

UF Traditional poetry, Oral

555

BT Folk literature

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that are composed and transmitted via oral tradition.

155

Folk tales [gp2014026344]

(C)

455

UF Folktales

455

UF Märchen

555

BT Fiction

555

BT Folk literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short narratives of uncertain origin that are based on oral tradition.

155

Fotonovelas [gp2014026345]

(C)

455

UF Novels, Photographic

455

UF Photo comic books

455

UF Photo novels

455

UF Photocomics

455

UF Photographic novels

455

UF Photonovelas

455

UF Photonovels

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for narratives consisting of photographs laid out in the style of a comic book.

155

Found poetry [gp2014026346]

(C)

455

UF Collage poetry

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems consisting of words or text taken from various sources and reframed as poetry. Poems consisting of passages from poems by one or more other authors are entered under Centos.

681

Note under Centos

155

Frame stories [gp2014026347]

(C)

455

UF Frame narratives

455

UF Frame tales

455

UF Narratives, Frame

555

BT Fiction

555

RT Novelle

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for stories that contain other stories.

155

Free verse [gp2014026348]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems whose rhythms are based on the cadences of common speech instead of on conventional metrical patterns.

155

Fu [gp2014026349]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for Chinese poems in which an object, feeling, or subject is described in exhaustive detail.

155

Gay erotic comics [gp2014026350]

(C)

455

UF Homoerotic comics

555

BT Erotic comics

155

Gay erotic drama [gp2014026351]

(C)

455

UF Homoerotic drama

555

BT Erotic drama

155

Gay erotic fiction [gp2014026352]

(C)

455

UF Homoerotic fiction

555

BT Erotic fiction

155

Gay erotic poetry [gp2014026353]

(C)

455

UF Homoerotic poetry

555

BT Erotic poetry

155

Gay pornographic comics [gp2014026354]

(C)

455

UF Gay porn comics

555

BT Pornographic comics

155

Ghazals [gp2014026355]

(C)

455

UF Ghazels

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems of at least five couplets that are linked by rhyme and/or repetition, in which the final couplet generally mentions the poet by name.

155

Ghost plays [gp2014026356]

(C)

455

UF Ghost drama

455

UF Ghost stories (Drama)

555

BT Drama

155

Ghost stories [gp2014026357]

(C)

455

UF Ghost fiction

555

BT Paranormal fiction

155

Glosas [gp2014026358]

(C)

455

UF Gloses

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems whose early lines, which are generally taken from a well-known poem, recur at the end of the poem or each stanza.

155

Gnomic poetry [gp2014026359]

(C)

455

UF Gnomes (Poetry)

555

BT Poetry

555

BT Sayings

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short poems expressing general truths.

155

Gothic fiction [gp2014026360]

(C)

455

UF Gothic horror fiction

455

UF Gothic romances

455

UF Romances, Gothic

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that depicts gloomy and antiquated settings, characters that are haunted by secrets and unresolved conflicts, psychological and physical terror, and elements of the supernatural.

155

Gothic poetry [gp2014026361]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that depict gloomy and antiquated settings, characters that are haunted by secrets and unresolved conflicts, psychological and physical terror, and elements of the supernatural.

155

Graphic novels [gp2014026362]

(C)

455

UF Comic book novels

455

UF Graphic albums

455

UF Graphic novellas

455

UF Novellas, Graphic

455

UF Novels, Comic book

455

UF Novels, Graphic

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for book-length narratives of any genre that consist of sequential art, either by itself or in combination with text.

155

Grassroots comics [gp2014026363]

(C)

455

UF Grass root comics

455

UF Grass roots comics

455

UF Grassroot comics

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comics created by community activists or others that are intended to communicate a message and/or to encourage debate on an issue.

155

Graveyard poetry [gp2014026364]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for melancholic poetry that meditates on mortality and immortality and is often set in graveyards.

155

Hadith stories [gp2014026365]

(C)

455

UF Stories, Hadith

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for paraphrases of Hadith texts in story form.

155

Haiku [gp2014026366]

(C)

455

UF Haikus

455

UF Hokku

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for three-line unrhymed poems consisting of 17 syllables that express a single idea, image, or feeling that is generally related to nature. Three-line unrhymed humorous poems consisting of 17 syllables that generally satirize human nature or emotions are entered under Senryu.

681

Note under Senryu

155

Heroic drama [gp2014026367]

(C)

555

BT Tragedies (Drama)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays depicting a noble hero typically caught in a conflict between love and honor, and distinguished by bombast, exotic settings, and lavish scenery.

155

Historical comics [gp2014026368]

(C)

455

UF Historical fiction comics

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comics set during a recognizable time period prior to the time in which they were written.

155

Historical drama [gp2014026369]

(C)

455

UF Chronicle histories (Drama)

455

UF Docudramas (Literature)

455

UF Documentary drama (Literature)

455

UF Verbatim drama

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays set during a recognizable time period prior to the time in which they were written.

155

Historical fiction [gp2014026370]

(C)

455

UF Historical romances

455

UF Romances, Historical

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction set during a recognizable time prior to the time in which they were written.

155

Historical poetry [gp2014026371]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems set during a recognizable time period prior to the time in which they were written.

155

Horror comics [gp2014026372]

(C)

455

UF Scary comics

455

UF Terror comics

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comics that are intended to shock or frighten by inducing feelings of revulsion, terror, or loathing.

155

Horror fiction [gp2014026373]

(C)

455

UF Scary fiction

455

UF Terror fiction

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that is intended to shock or frighten by inducing feelings of revulsion, terror, or loathing.

155

Horror plays [gp2014026374]

(C)

455

UF Horror drama

455

UF Scary drama

455

UF Terror drama

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays that are intended to shock or frighten by inducing feelings of revulsion, terror, or loathing.

155

Horror poetry [gp2014026375]

(C)

455

UF Scary poetry

455

UF Terror poetry

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that are intended to shock or frighten by inducing feelings of revulsion, terror, or loathing.

155

Humorous comics [gp2014026376]

(C)

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

555

BT Humor

155

Humorous fiction [gp2014026377]

(C)

455

UF Comedy fiction

455

UF Comic fiction

555

BT Fiction

555

BT Humor

155

Humorous monologues [gp2014026378]

(C)

455

UF Comedy monologues

455

UF Comedy recitations

455

UF Comic monologues

455

UF Comic recitations

455

UF Humorous recitations

455

UF Recitations, Comedy

455

UF Recitations, Comic

555

BT Humor

555

BT Monologues

155

Humorous poetry [gp2014026379]

(C)

455

UF Comic poetry

455

UF Light verse

555

BT Humor

555

BT Poetry

155

Hyangga [gp2014026380]

(C)

455

UF Saenaennorae

455

UF Sanoega

455

UF Sinoega

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems composed of four, eight or ten lines written in Korean using Chinese characters during the 10th-14th centuries.

155

Hypertext fiction [gp2014026381]

(C)

455

UF Digital fiction (Hypertext fiction)

455

UF Electronic fiction (Hypertext fiction)

455

UF Interactive fiction (Hypertext fiction)

455

UF Network fiction (Hypertext fiction)

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that relies on hypertext links to allow the reader to create the work's structure interactively.

155

Hypertext poetry [gp2014026382]

(C)

455

UF Digital poetry (Hypertext poetry)

455

UF E-poetry (Hypertext poetry)

455

UF Electronic poetry (Hypertext poetry)

455

UF Hypermedia poetry

455

UF Hypertextual poetry

455

UF New media poetry (Hypertext poetry)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems composed for the computer screen that may often combine words with sounds, visual images, movement, or other visual effects.

155

Iambic poetry [gp2014026383]

(C)

455

UF Iambics

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that consist of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.

155

Imagist poetry [gp2014026384]

(C)

455

UF Imagism poetry

455

UF Physical poetry

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems aimed at clarity of expression through the use of precise visual images.

155

Instructional comics [gp2014026385]

(C)

555

BT Instructional and educational works

555

BT Nonfiction comics

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comics that use a structured format to teach or train the reader. Comics that are intended to impart knowledge and information, including those for classroom use, are entered under Educational comics.

681

Note under Educational comics

155

Interludes (Drama) [gp2014026386]

(C)

455

UF Dramatic interludes

455

UF Entrameses

455

UF Entremeses

455

UF Entremets (Drama)

455

UF Intermèdes

455

UF Intermedi

455

UF Intermezzi

455

UF Intermezzos (Drama)

455

UF Momeries

455

UF Sainetes (Drama)

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for brief plays performed between the courses of a banquet or the acts of a longer play.

155

Irohauta [gp2014026387]

(C)

455

UF Iroha

455

UF Iroha uta

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for Japanese poems that contain each character of the Japanese syllabary exactly once.

155

Jack tales [gp2014026388]

(C)

555

BT Folk tales

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for folk tales focused on the adventures of an unsophisticated but lucky and resourceful main character generally named Jack.

155

Jataka stories [gp2014026389]

(C)

455

UF Birth stories, Buddhist

455

UF Buddhist birth stories

455

UF Jataka tales

455

UF Stories, Buddhist birth

455

UF Stories, Jataka

455

UF Tales, Jataka

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for paraphrases of Jātaka texts in story form.

155

Jazz poetry [gp2014026390]

(C)

455

UF Jazz-influenced poetry

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poetry that displays the rhythm and improvisational feel of jazz music.

155

Jitanjáforas [gp2014026391]

(C)

555

BT Nonsense verse

555

BT Sound poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for sound poems in which words invented for their acoustic qualities may alternate with or imitate real ones.

155

Jue ju [gp2014026392]

(C)

455

UF Jueju

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for Chinese poems that consist of four lines with five or seven syllables each and that often have suggestive or erotic themes.

155

Kabuki plays [gp2014026393]

(C)

455

UF Kabuki drama

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for highly theatrical Japanese dance dramas that feature a non-realistic style and an episodic structure, in which the roles of both sexes are performed by men.

155

Kafas [gp2014026394]

(C)

455

UF Kafays

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for medieval Armenian lyric poems that were composed of single-rhymed stanzas of four lines.

155

Kāfīs [gp2014026395]

(C)

455

UF Kāfī poetry

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for classical Sufi poems that are often set to music and have heroic, romantic, spiritual, or mystical themes.

155

Kasa [gp2014026396]

(C)

455

UF Gasa

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for lengthy Korean poems whose lines are each broken by pauses into two phrases which create a parallel structure.

155

Kyōgen plays [gp2014026398]

(C)

455

UF Kyōgen drama

455

UF Nō kyōgen plays

455

UF Noh kyōgen plays

555

BT Comedy plays

555

BT Interludes (Drama)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for Japanese comic interludes presented between nō plays.

155

Kyōka [gp2014026399]

(C)

455

UF Mad poetry (Kyōka)

555

BT Humorous poetry

555

RT Tanka

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for satirical poems written in the tanka form but parodying it with bawdy or vulgar content and wordplay.

155

Laments [gp2014026400]

(C)

455

UF Complancha

455

UF Lamentations

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that express a deep regret or sorrow for the loss of a person or position. Serious, formal lyric poems that reflect on a solemn subject, generally someone's death, are entered under Elegies.

681

Note under Elegies

155

Language poetry [gp2014026401]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for modern poems that are characterized by an attempt to unsettle the ordinary working language by systematically disrupting features such as syntax, referentiality and structural principles like argument and narrative.

155

Lays (Narrative poetry) [gp2014026404]

(C)

455

UF Lais (Narrative poetry)

555

BT Narrative poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short medieval French narrative poems that were often written in verses of eight syllables.

155

Legal drama (Literature) [gp2014026405]

(C)

455

UF Court-related drama

455

UF Courtroom drama

455

UF Law drama (Literature)

455

UF Lawyer drama

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays that feature the practice of law.

155

Legal fiction (Literature) [gp2014026406]

(C)

455

UF Courtroom fiction

455

UF Law fiction (Literature)

455

UF Lawyer fiction

455

UF Legal thrillers (Fiction)

455

UF Trial fiction

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that features the practice of law.

155

Legends [gp2014026407]

(C)

555

BT Folk literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for traditional narratives that are popularly regarded as historical and that generally feature famous or heroic people.

155

Lenong plays [gp2014026408]

(C)

455

UF Lenong dedes drama

455

UF Lenong preman drama

455

UF Lenong drama

555

BT Folk drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for folk plays of the Betawi people of Jakarta, Indonesia.

155

Lesbian erotic fiction [gp2014026409]

(C)

555

BT Gay erotic fiction

155

Lesbian erotic poetry [gp2014026410]

(C)

555

BT Gay erotic poetry

155

Liederspiels [gp2014026411]

(C)

455

UF Liederspiele

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for early 19th century dramas in which existing lyrics were set to new music and inserted into a play.

155

Literature [gp2014026415]

(C)

455

UF Belles-lettres

455

UF Creative writing

455

UF Literary anthologies

455

UF Literary collections

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for collections of literary works that are composed of multiple genres and/or forms to which more specific headings such as Lyric poetry or Science fiction cannot be applied.

155

Liturgical poetry [gp2014026416]

(C)

555

BT Religious poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems written for public worship.

155

Lyric poetry [gp2014026422]

(C)

455

UF Lyrical poetry

555

BT Poetry

555

RT Songs

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for songlike poetry that is short, subjective, and personal in subject matter.

681

Note under Literature

155

Masques [gp2014026428]

(C)

455

UF Masks (Drama)

555

BT Drama

555

RT Antimasques

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for the texts of 16th-17th century courtly entertainments that combined poetic drama, music, dance, song, lavish costume, and costly stage effects with a simple mythological or allegorical plot.

155

Monologues [gp2014026440]

(C)

455

UF Monologs

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for extended speeches uttered by one speaker, either alone or to others.

155

Narrative poetry [gp2014026448]

(C)

455

UF Idylls (Narrative poetry)

455

UF Idyls (Narrative poetry)

455

UF Poetic narratives

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems that tell a story.

155

Nonfiction comics [gp2014026453]

(C)

455

UF Graphic non-fiction

455

UF Graphic nonfiction

455

UF Non-fiction comics

455

UF Non-fictional comics

455

UF Nonfictional comics

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comics that are intended to be educational or informational or that present facts or true accounts.

155

Nonsense verse [gp2014026455]

(C)

455

UF Amphigories

455

UF Nonsense poetry

455

UF Nonsense rhymes

555

BT Humorous poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for highly rhythmic, humorous, light poetry in which sense is subordinated to sound.

155

Novellas [gp2015026019]

555

BT Fiction

155

Novelle [gp2014026456]

(C)

455

UF Nouvelles

455

UF Novellas (Renaissance form)

555

BT Fiction

555

RT Frame stories

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short fictional narratives popular during the Renaissance that generally featured ordinary townspeople in realistic settings and were often gathered together in collections unified by a frame tale.

155

Novels [gp2015026020]

555

BT Fiction

155

Novels in verse [gp2014026457]

(C)

455

UF Verse novels

555

BT Narrative poetry

555

BT Novels

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for novel-length fictional narratives expressed in poetry. Short fictional works written in rhymed text are entered under Stories in rhyme.

681

Note under Stories in rhyme

155

Nursery rhymes [gp2014026459]

(C)

455

UF Nursery poetry

555

BT Poetry

155

Occasional verse [gp2014026460]

(C)

455

UF Occasional poetry

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poetry written for a particular occasion.

155

Parables [gp2014026467]

(C)

555

BT Exempla

555

RT Allegories

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short, simple stories that convey a moral lesson.

155

Paranormal fiction [gp2014026469]

(C)

455

UF Occult fiction

455

UF Supernatural fiction

455

UF Supernaturalist fiction

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that features human characters that are often involved in the occult, witchcraft, spiritualism, psychic phenomena, vodou, etc., interacting with supernatural beings.

155

Parodies (Literature) [gp2014026470]

(C)

455

UF Spoofs

455

UF Travesties (Parodies)

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for mocking imitations of a particular style, genre, or work.

155

Poetry [gp2014026481]

(C)

455

UF Poems

455

UF Poetic literature

455

UF Rhymes (Poetry)

455

UF Rimes (Poetry)

455

UF Verse (Poetry)

455

UF Verses (Poetry)

555

BT Literature

155

Pornographic comics [gp2014026485]

(C)

455

UF Adult comics (Pornographic comics)

455

UF Hentai (Comics)

455

UF Porn comics

455

UF Porno comics

455

UF X-rated comics

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

555

RT Erotic comics

155

Rappresentazioni sacre (Music) [gp2014027038]

555

BT Religious drama ADD FIELD

155

Religious drama [gp2014026501]

(C)

555

BT Drama

155

Religious poetry [gp2014026503]

(C)

455

UF Sacred poetry

555

BT Poetry

155

Romance fiction [gp2014026516]

(C)

455

UF Love stories

455

UF Romances (Love stories)

455

UF Romantic fiction

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that primarily depicts romantic love. Medieval chivalric tales written in prose or poetry that depict an idealized code of civilized behavior that combines loyalty, honor, and courtly love are entered under Romances.

681

Note under Romances

155

Romances [gp2014026517]

(C)

455

UF Chivalric romances

455

UF Courtly romances

455

UF Medieval romances

455

UF Romans courtois

555

BT Literature

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for medieval chivalric tales written in prose or poetry that depict an idealized code of civilized behavior that combines loyalty, honor, and courtly love. Fiction that primarily depicts romantic love are entered under Romance fiction.

681

Note under Romance fiction

155

Romans à clef [gp2014026518]

(C)

455

UF Key novels

455

UF Livres à clef

455

UF Schlüsselromane

455

UF Schlüsselromans

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction in which real persons, places, or events are depicted under invented names. Fiction that depicts the lives of real people is entered under Biographical fiction.

681

Note under Biographical fiction

155

Science fiction [gp2014026529]

(C)

455

UF Sci-fi

555

BT Fiction

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for fiction that depicts imagined scientific or technological advances (e.g., time travel, artificial intelligence) and their impact on society.

681

Note under Literature

155

Science fiction comics [gp2014026530]

(C)

555

BT Comics (Graphic works)

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for comics that depict imagined scientific or technological advances (e.g., time travel, artificial intelligence) and their impact on society.

155

Science fiction plays [gp2014026531]

(C)

455

UF Science fiction drama

555

BT Drama

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for plays that depict imagined scientific or technological advances (e.g., time travel, artificial intelligence) and their impact on society.

155

Science fiction poetry [gp2014026532]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poetry that depicts imagined scientific or technological advances (e.g., time travel, artificial intelligence) and their impact on society.

155

Senryu [gp2014026534]

(C)

455

UF Human haiku

555

BT Humorous poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for three-line unrhymed humorous poems consisting of 17 syllables that generally satirize human nature or emotions. Three-line unrhymed poems consisting of 17 syllables that express a single idea, image, or feeling that is generally related to nature are entered under Haiku.

681

Note under Haiku

155

Short stories [gp2014026542]

(C)

455

UF Short fiction

555

BT Fiction

155

Skeltonic verse [gp2014026546]

(C)

455

UF Skeltoniads

455

UF Skeltonics

455

UF Tumbling verse

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems consisting of short, irregular lines with parallelism, multiple rhymes, and abundant alliteration.

155

Sound poetry [gp2014026550]

(C)

455

UF Phonetic poetry

455

UF Poesie sonore

455

UF Sonorist rhythms (Poetry)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poetry meant to be performed that emphasizes sounds instead of the semantic meaning of the words themselves. Poetry that is meant to be performed and that is heavily stressed, metrically regular, and characterized by improvisation, free association, and word play is entered under Spoken word poetry.

681

Note under Spoken word poetry

155

Spoken word poetry [gp2014026552]

(C)

455

UF Spoken word verse

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poetry that is meant to be performed and that is heavily stressed, metrically regular, and characterized by improvisation, free association, and word play. Poetry meant to be performed that emphasizes sounds instead of the semantic meaning of the words themselves is entered under Sound poetry.

681

Note under Sound poetry

155

Stories in rhyme [gp2014026559]

(C)

455

UF Rhymed stories

455

UF Rhyming stories

455

UF Stories in verse

455

UF Verse stories

555

BT Fiction

555

BT Narrative poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for short fictional works written in rhymed text. Novel-length fictional narratives expressed in poetry are entered under Novels in verse.

681

Note under Novels in verse

155

Tanka [gp2014026566]

(C)

455

UF Uta

455

UF Waka

555

BT Poetry

555

RT Kyōka

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems consisting of 31 syllables arranged in lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables.

155

Tragedies (Drama) [gp2014026576]

(C)

455

UF Dramatic tragedies

455

UF Tragic drama

555

BT Drama

155

Visual poetry [gp2014026588]

(C)

555

BT Poetry

680

This heading is used as a genre/form heading for poems whose full effect depends on the typographical or pictorial arrangement of text, images and/or symbols.